[OpenIndiana-discuss] Trouble installing math/header-math on OI

[Lou Picciano]

Dylan,

Very broadly: The configure script for a given 'package' makes a number of assessments about the system it's running on; it will check for the compiler in use, check for various other build tools, etc. Another key thing it does: attempts to figure out where any libraries it needs are located. End Product of 'configure' is the Makefile, which '(g)make' uses to control the actual build.

In a perfect world, just ./configure could be all that's needed to set things up. In the real world, this is rarely the case; it's a pretty big task to write a configure script to be aware of any OS it might ever run on. There are a number of environment variables at your disposal to get things working; LIBS is one of these. LIBS=-lnsl (that's an 'l', not a '1') simply says 'include the nsl library'.

Check out $ ./configure --help  -- this will give you a sense of what configure script is looking for.

Lou Picciano

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dylan Distasio" <interzone at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:05:29 PM
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Trouble installing math/header-math on OI

Lou-

I seem to have gotten it installed.  Thanks for your help.  Can you tell me
what exactly LIBS=-Insl signifies.  I'd like to get an understanding of
this process.


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Dylan Distasio <interzone at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> PUBLISHER                             TYPE     STATUS   URI
> openindiana.org          (non-sticky) origin   online
> http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/
> opensolaris.org                       origin   online
> http://pkg.openindiana.org/legacy/
> sfe                                   origin   online
> http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe/
> dylan at elysium:/dalek/tarsnap-autoconf-1.0.35#
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Lou Picciano <loupicciano at comcast.net>wrote:
>
>> Dylan,
>>
>> $ ./configure LIBS=-lnsl --prefix=/of/your/choice
>> $ gmake
>> $ (pfexec/sudo) gmake install
>>
>> Doing this here on a8, using gcc-4.7 and other updated build tools.
>>
>> You may want to begin updating... what does output of $ pkg publisher
>> look like?
>>
>> Lou Picciano
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dylan Distasio" <interzone at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <
>> openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:17:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Trouble installing math/header-math on
>> OI
>>
>> Hi Lou-
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.  I was actually able to resolve it by removing the
>> experimental repository.  Quick question, can you tell me exactly what I
>> need to do regarding libnsl step by step if you don't mind, I am a bit of
>> a
>> noob.  I am getting an error that appears to be related to it on make so I
>> am guessing I need to do what you said, I just don't know how.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dylan
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Lou Picciano <loupicciano at comcast.net
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > Dylan,
>> >
>> > You might take the approach of deleting the smallest set of packages
>> > possible, to replace with current versions.
>> > From there, why not update to 151a8? Isn't the sunpro-incorporation back
>> > from 134 days?
>> >
>> > (Are you sure you are missing math-headers? This seems a bit weird.)
>> >
>> > FWIW, tarsnap builds here pretty easily here - on a8. Did have to add
>> the
>> > libnsl to LIBS at configure. ie, LIBS=-lnsl
>> >
>> > Lou Picciano
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Dylan Distasio" <interzone at gmail.com>
>> > To: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
>> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 5:16:02 PM
>> > Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Trouble installing math/header-math on OI
>> >
>> > Hi all-
>> >
>> > I am a relative beginner to OpenIndiana/Solaris, especially when it
>> comes
>> > to package management and compiling software.  I currently am running a
>> > home server for ZFS.
>> >
>> > I am attempting to compile a program called tarsnap for backup, and am
>> > running into an issue with the math/header-math being missing.
>> >
>> > When I attempt to install math/header-math I get the following error:
>> >
>> > dylan at elysium:/dalek/tarsnap-autoconf-1.0.35# pkg list -a | grep -i
>> math
>> > system/library/math (openindiana.org)
>> > 0.5.11-0.151.1.7           i--
>> > dylan at elysium:/dalek/tarsnap-autoconf-1.0.35# sudo pkg install
>> > system/library/math/header-math
>> > Creating Plan /
>> > pkg install: No matching version of system/library/math/header-math can
>> be
>> > installed:
>> >   Reject:  pkg://oi-experimental/system/library/math/header-math@0.5.11
>> > ,5.11-1.1.1:20120518T234429Z
>> >   Reason:  This version is excluded by installed incorporation pkg://
>> >
>> >
>> openindiana.org/consolidation/sunpro/sunpro-incorporation at 0.5.11,5.11-0.151.1.7:20121003T222433Z
>> >
>> > I'm not sure if I am missing a repository or if this error is being
>> thrown
>> > for another reason.
>> >
>> > I am running:
>> > SunOS 5.11 oi_151a7 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
>> > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Dylan
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